By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–When we left Israel last May, the country had a Prime Minister known for his right-wing intransigent views. To support him he had several even bigger hawks in his cabinet, including as Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the leader of a party consisting largely of anti-progressive immigrants from the former Soviet Union. […]
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday (ADL) hailed passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (IRPSA/H.R.2194), which seeks to pressure Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activities. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: “This is a crucial time for
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher will exchange diplomatic notes bringing into force the United States – United Arab Emirates Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation on Thursday, December 17, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. in the Department of State Treaty Room. * Preceding provided by U.S. State Department
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (December 16, 2009) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) commends the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 2194, the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009 on December 15. The Iran sanctions bill, which the RJC has long supported, would empower the President to impose sanctions on a person or entity
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — NASA and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have signed a joint statement that allows for collaboration in lunar and asteroid science research. The partnership recognizes the Saudi Lunar and Near-Earth Object Science Center as an affiliate partner with the NASA Lunar Science Institute
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USASEATTLE, Washington (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) hailed a King County jury’s decision finding Naveed Haq guilty of all eight counts in the 2006 shootings at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. The jury found Haq guilty of aggravated first-degree murder – which carries an automatic life sentence without parole – as well as of
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USASEATTLE, Washington (WJC)–A jury has found 34-year-old Naveed Haq guilty of aggravated first-degree murder and seven other counts for a shooting spree at the offices of the Seattle Jewish Federation in 2006. Haq’s first trial ended last year with jurors deadlocked on whether he was legally insane during the shooting spree on July 28, 2006.
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Four American Jewish groups are urging the US Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decision that could lead to Israeli officials being suject to civil lawsuits in the United States, the ‘Jerusalem Post’ reports. Coinciding with a British judge’s decision to sign an arrest warrant for Israeli opposition leader and former
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Middle East, USAATLANTA, Georgia (Press Release)– Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, 23, of Roswell, Ga., and Syed Haris Ahmed, 25, of Atlanta, were sentenced Monday in federal court following their convictions earlier this year in separate but related criminal trials, the Justice Department announced. “With their words and their actions, these defendants supported the wrongheaded but very dangerous idea
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–Following is the text of a joint news conference held by U.S. President Barack Obama and Lebanon’s Michel President Sleiman on Monday. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much, everybody. I want to welcome President Sleiman and his delegation for the excellent visit that we’ve had. I thought that this meeting was critical
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Middle East, USANEW YORK — The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has launched a unique website with Israel’s Ministry of Tourism dedicated to Chanukah. The site, http://chanukah.goisrael.com, allows virtual “travelers” to log on and light candles for each night of the holiday. With each candle “lit,” visitors to the Chanukah website will be able
JOINS IN—Eitan Frysh, a senior at San Diego Jewish Academy, joins with singers of the Israel Defense Forces at Friends of the IDF campus appearance. _____________________________________________ By Yiftach Levy SAN DIEGO, California–What can you say when a concert experience runs the gamut from deeply moving to bizarrely surrealistic to profoundly annoying to just plain fun?
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Salita at Ha Kotel _____________________________________________________ JERUSALEM (Press Release)—World renowned Orthodox Jewish American boxer Dmitriy Salita – “the Star of David” – visited Israel for the first time with his wife as a guest of the Aliyah organization Nefesh B’Nefesh. The 27 year old North American Light Welterweight Champion from Brooklyn, NY, has been enjoying his
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Middle East, USABy Peter Eisner LA JOLLA, California–Sol Price, the founder of Price Club and the acknowledged father of warehouse superstores who was a life-long advocate of liberal politics and quietly gave millions to charity, died at his home in La Jolla, California, on Monday at the age of 93. His family said he had been in
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